Shah Fahad

A highly ambitious, motivated, and competent individual, having MS in Electrical Power and Control Engineering. Pursuing Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University and awaiting thesis defense in March 2022. Having worked as a Research Assistant on an industrial project in an international organization i.e. Zhejiang University, China, this candidate holds broad analytical, R&D, and managerial skills that a company can highly benefit from. From academic point of view, this candidate has published in highly reputed IEEE Transaction on Sustainable Energy journal and is also actively reviewing articles for highly prestigious journals. The focused area of research involves (but not limited to) hierarchical control of active distribution networks, inertial response enhancement of coordinated DGs and control of converter-interfaced RESs.

I have several years of extensive research and teaching experience in control systems designing for power electronics converters and renewable energy sources (RESs) based power systems. My research career has led me to gain extensive designing experience and critical thinking. During my tenure as a researcher at Zhejiang University, I worked on an industry-funded project sponsored by the National Key R&D Program of China. 

In this project, I designed a hierarchical control model to enhance the operation of a grid-connected active distribution network (ADN) under high penetration of RESs. The ADN had converter-interfaced wind turbine generators (WTGs) and photovoltaic generators (PVGs) along with constant power loads (CPLs). The designed controller was first tested on an IEEE 7-bus system in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment and then validated on the IEEE 34-bus system. The developed coordinated control strategy had a promising outcome in a better rate of change of frequency (RoCoF) and voltage profile of the local point of common coupling (PCC). The obtained results were published in IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy journal and the conference ISIE2020 held at TU Delft. 

The same project was expanded with the addition of a battery energy storage system (BESS) coupled with the PCC of ADN to enhance the rigidness of parameters at PCC. An intelligent method is adopted in which the available energy of the BESS is utilized to feed the reactive power needs of the system. During transients, the active and reactive power of the BESS suppresses the oscillations at PCC of ADN.

Moreover, I derived a mathematical model of the point of common coupling (PCC) of the high voltage side of an active distribution network. A robust controller is then formulated to enhance the rigidness of PCC. This method improved the voltage profile of the local PCC and enhanced the frequency response of the ADN in terms of having lower RoCoF and needing more time to reach the frequency nadir. This study can be a significant breakthrough in solving the emerging issues due to the high penetration of intermittent RESs in the power systems. Furthermore, these projects have broadened my spectrum of knowledge and experience in implementing research projects in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment.

I have published multiple high-impact factor articles through international collaboration that show my interest and ability towards teamwork. My research work, laboratory experience, and hands-on experience on technical software such as MATLAB/SIMULINK, RT-Lab, PSCAD, ETAP, and Python have demonstrated promising outcomes in the past years. My academic journey has proved invaluable as it has taught me all of the necessary skills to succeed as an independent Electrical Engineering researcher. In addition, I keep myself abreast with the latest trends and technology, which can help the industry grow. 

Furthermore, I have one year of teaching experience in Govt. College of Technology, where I taught control systems engineering and high voltage engineering subjects. Moreover, I have presentation skills and moderator experiences in highly reputed conferences that show my English language speaking abilities. 

For further queries, please contact me at +92-333-9268050 or shah.fahad072@gmail.com.  

Dr. Shah Fahad

In September 2011, I started BS in Electrical Engineering from COMSATS University. I completed this degree in 2015.

From October 2015- February 2018, I acquired MS in Electrical Power and Control from CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences.

In September 2018, I started Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University. My thesis topic was parameters regulation at high voltage side of ADN using coordination of parallel operating power electronics converters. In this degree, I have published several high impact articles including IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. I have submitted my thesis and expecting final defense in March 2022.